10 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
1
A devastating blaze at St Luke's Hospital Sanatorium on Wabash and Twenty first in Chicago killed nine men and a woman, with seven missing and about thirty injured. Patients on upper floors faced frantic escapes. several were strapped to beds. Names of the dead and injured include staff, clergy, and visitors.
A basement fire at a city sanatorium spread through an elevator shaft, trapping patients and staff. Names of missing and injured are listed, including Grace Hill and Michael Luby, while several patients are reported affected by smoke. Firefighters arrived quickly as flames roared to the roof. continued details appear on page 6.
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court denied the restraining order against United States Steel Corporation issuing 250 million dollars in bonds and retiring 200 million dollars of preferred stock. A rule to show cause was granted in Newark New Jersey, returnable tomorrow, stopping the conversion plan pending decision. The move was pressed by C. H. Werner Company and Mrs. Merriam Berger of Sullivan County New York and others holding preferred stock. A Trenton suit contends the conversion would impair vested rights.
Boston reports a deadly squall sweeping the harbor between 7 and 8 PM. More than twenty are missing as small boats, heavily loaded, vanished. Tugs scoured the waters but found no trace of occupants or vessels. Other accounts note a yacht sinking near Long Island and two drownings in Ohio and Illinois, with brief recoveries of six survivors and a drowned couple in Pekin, Illinois.
Joseph Reich aged one years set fire to himself at the Catholic church in Fisheville after saturating his clothing with kerosene. His charred remains were found before the altar Sunday morning, with holes burned through the church door. Reich was the organist and a school teacher. motive remains unclear.
President Mitchell met with Carroll Wright in New York to discuss the anthracite miners strike and furnish the labor commissioner with the miners' view of causes. Wright will report to Roosevelt after interviewing operators and noting state conditions as 18,000 West Virginia miners face stoppages. Local incidents included nonunion car intercepts at Ebervale and Jeddo, with Gallagher urging restraint.
In Wilkes Barre and surrounding areas on June 9 the coal strike widens with railroad workers refusing to move trains carrying deputies or non union men. Lehigh Valley and DL&W workers object to moves that would displace hard coal with soft coal. Engineers at Pittston pledge to join, hoping for an eight hour day. Telegrams from Fairmont report 400 strikers, signaling possible broadening. Hazleton reports an attack on Coxe Brothers supervisor Kudlick by women on the street.
Dr Harty reports Ohio River counties show Kentucky overestimates smallpox fears. Governor Durbin protests Kentucky board criticism as Indiana proposes to suspend Indiana quarantine until July 1. A Kentucky note details May to June improvements, with Spencer and Franklin counties targeted for enforcement if needed.
Havana June 9 President Palma signed the amnesty bill freeing Americans under sentence or awaiting trial in Cuba. Courts to quash complaints and release prisoners are underway. Acosta the suspended customs cashier rumored insane. Palma offers Gen Maximo Gomez the post of general in chief of the rural guard. In New York Gonzalo Quesada sails to Washington to press tariff relief and open the Cuban legation. Col Carlos Garcia may be sent as Hamburg consul general. Bragg announces Springer as Havana vice consul. Bragg leaves June 21.
Desperate prisoners Harry Tracy and David Merrill killed three guards at Oregon State Penitentiary and fled into timber after scaling the wall. A large manhunt is under way with a $1,000 reward offered. officials warn of possible further fighting as the convicts move toward the Reform School area.
Army elevates John C. Bates and George W. Davis to major generals. Theodore J. Wint Frank D. Baldwin Jesse M. Lee and William H. Carter named brigadiers. William H. Forwood to succeed George M. Sternberg. Major Tasker H. Bliss from the Commissary Service also nominated as brigadier general. All others served as Civil War volunteers. Brig. Gen. Lee, a well known Indian agent, based in Greenscastle, noted for long service.
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